The Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies offers graduate work leading to the PhD in art and art history. The doctoral program is competitive with the leading programs in the country. The department is committed to full and equal funding of its students during their time in residence at Duke. Admission to the program is limited to between four and six new students per year.

The PhD program is integrally connected with many interdisciplinary, theoretical, and international initiatives in the humanities at Duke. The doctoral program is distinguished by its flexibility and cross-disciplinarity. It requires a thorough grounding in the form and meaning of objects and sites, as well as in their theoretical and historical contexts. Coursework has been designed to prepare students for careers in art and architectural criticism, research and teaching in the academy, museum, and art gallery. Faculty in the program are expert in a broad range of areas of art history, as well as in a variety of media, from architecture, sculpture and painting to video and cybernetics.

For further information on the PhD program, prospective applicants may visit the department’s website at aahvs.duke.edu, or write to the director of graduate studies.

G-ART-PHD - Art and Art History - PhD

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